The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1177 Han Xizai's Sadness

Seeing that Han Xizai listened so seriously, Zhao Xu was also very pleased. Since he was interested in this, he would say more.

Because Yidi was very fond of the kind of thing he offered by King Dayu, he decided to study and make this liquid for Dayu to drink. He wanted to please Dayu.

Hard work paid off, he finally managed to make this kind of thing by himself, so Yidi took a sip, and he almost didn't spit it out after drinking it, because it tasted like bad water.

According to the current knowledge, we know that the juice has not been fermented, but at that time, he didn't understand such a simple thing.

So the first wine making (there was no such thing as wine at this time) failed. After everyone’s continuous experimentation and painstaking research, they finally produced all kinds of delicious and delicious things, commonly known as wine making.

At this time, Dayu once again brought the flood under control, and he decided to hold a grand celebration banquet to celebrate all the meritorious personnel. The king ordered Yidi to entertain everyone with the wine he had made, because he drank it. Knowing that this is good for people, otherwise I wouldn't be able to cure my illness.

It was also the first time for Dayu’s subordinates to drink this stuff, and immediately everyone felt that it was delicious in the world, so they drank more and more. Just as comfortable!

King Dayu was also so happy that he appointed Yidi as a wine maker, ordered him to make wine for the court in the future, and agreed to the marriage between the emperor and Yidi. , This is also an important reason why Yidi strives to make wine.

But in the early morning of the next day, all the ministers were waiting for Dayu in the front hall. From the time of dawn until the middle of the day, all the ministers were sweating profusely, but there was no sign of King Yu.

It turned out that Yu was sleeping soundly because of drinking!When Dayu came, he was very embarrassed and said to everyone: "Although wine cured my disease, it made me ruin the government. I will never drink again."

"From then on, Dayu decided not to drink alcohol anymore. And Yidi opened a wine shop and was named the God of Dionysus. His wine-making skills have been passed down to the world." After Zhao Xu finished speaking, he looked at Han Xizai, and sure enough he heard Very carefully, this is what he wants to know.

"It's really him. I don't know how this little brother knows this and what kind of records are there. Why doesn't this old man know."

"Haha, adults may not have noticed the record in "Warring States Policy Wei Policy" written by Liu Xiang in the Han Dynasty: "In the past, the emperor ordered Yidi to make wine and make it beautiful. When Yu entered, Yu drank it and drank it sweetly, saying: " In future generations, there will be those who destroy their country with wine."

"Xu Shen of the Han Dynasty also said the same thing in "Shuowen Jiezi Wine Notes". The general meaning is that Xia Yu asked Yidi to brew wine. Offered it to Xia Yu, Xia Yu drank it and thought it was really good."

Zhao Xu had seen these records as well, and he had checked them specifically when he saw this when he was brewing Wuliangye, but he didn't expect to use them.

"It seems that the old man has really drank so much wine for nothing in his life. I didn't expect these things to be recorded. The old man is not as good as the little brother. I am really ashamed. I will never be able to say that the old man has researched on wine. "Han Xizai is very keen on wine, but he didn't even notice the things recorded in the book, and this is what makes him very sad.

"Master Han, you are too polite. This brewing of wine is just a small way, and governing the country is the way. How could Lord Han indulge in wine and lust as an important minister of the country? Even the ancient Dayu said that drinking is a mistake. My lord, why do you treat the people in the cup?" If you like things so much, your energy should be on governing the country."

When Zhao Xu saw that he had opened up the topic with Han Xizai, he didn't have the heart to talk to him about anything else, so he opened the skylight and said, why don't you focus on governing the country.

"What does governing the country have to do with this old man? That's the business of the lord. A man like me won't care about the lord. What else can I do if I don't drink?" Han Xizai was quite lonely when he heard Zhao Xu's question. He picked up the wine glass and poured several glasses in a row.

Can he not be lonely, because he is not being reused now, he has many good strategies for governing the country, but the emperor doesn't use them, so he indulges himself like this.

It turns out that after Li Yu ascended the throne, he appointed Han Xizai as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and also studied national history, which is considered to be very important to him.

And not long ago, Jiang was disturbing the currency value of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and a large amount of iron coins appeared, which were called private money, because copper coins were the most used at this time, and they were also called public money.

One public coin can be exchanged for three private coins, coupled with the speculation of many people, the price of goods in the Southern Tang Dynasty soared, and copper coins were in short supply. At this time, Han Xizai proposed to reform the coinage.

It has indeed been implemented for a period of time, and the effect is not bad, but it violates the interests of many people. Among them are the five ghosts of the Southern Tang Dynasty who have a grudge against Han Xizai. bad words.

Li Yu also went outside to inspect it himself. It happened that he saw a lot of people in chaos because of the imperial court's reform of the currency system. How did Li Yu know that these were arranged by those people for him to see. Li Yu was very angry after seeing it. This was Han Xizai's idea , If he didn't want to change the currency system, there would be no chaos.

So he directly abolished Han Xizai's new currency system, and demoted Han Xizai. With the slander of people with ulterior motives, he was unemployed at home, although he also had an official reinstatement in the middle.

However, he was impeached because of his unrestrained and indulgent sensuality, and was relegated to the right concubine of the prince, who was divided into Nandu, and he was resettled in Hongzhou.Han Xizai begged for condolences, so he was left behind and took up his old job again, but Li Yu didn't use him anymore.

At this time, Han Xizai was disheartened and disappointed with the whole Southern Tang Dynasty. He could only use alcohol to numb himself all day long. In fact, he was escaping from reality. Every day, he started drinking and having fun with strangers. A picture of Han Xizai's night banquet refers to the events of this period, expressing his dissatisfaction with the reality.

After such a long time, no one has told me not to focus on governing the country, but on drinking. This person who is still close to me is really different from ordinary people.

This was Han Xizai's first impression of Zhao Xu. He had indeed heard of Zhao Xu before, but he had never met Zhao Xu, so he didn't know Zhao Xu, but now Zhao Xu's words aroused his attention. sad thing.

(End of this chapter)